SENIOR MODEL BASED SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.; Virginia; On-site; USD 130,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Newport News Shipbuilding seeks a Senior Model Based Systems Engineer to define MBSE requirements and lead the development of digital engineering solutions for complex naval platforms.

The role requires extensive MBSE experience, stakeholder leadership, and a focus on secure, scalable digital twins and data architectures across ship systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from ABET-accredited program.
• 9+ years with Bachelor's, 7+ years with Master's, 4+ years with PhD.
• Experience applying MBSE to design, analysis, verification, and validation of complex systems.
• Ability to lead projects and manage stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define requirements to design, develop, maintain MBSE tools and data architecture.
• Analyze capabilities of existing and proposed systems.
• Lead internal and external stakeholders through designing secure digital solutions.
• Develop long-range objectives and strategic plans for digital engineering innovations.
• Present business case analyses to executive leadership for digital enterprise opportunities.

Skills

MBSE

Systems engineering

Project leadership

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Tools

CAMEO

MagicDraw

MATLAB

SIMCENTER

SAP

Job description

SENIOR MODEL BASED SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Location:
Newport News, Virginia, United States

Date: Aug 7, 2026

Req ID: 48253

Team: E92 E&D DIGITAL ENTERPRISE

Entity: Newport News Shipbuilding

US Citizenship Required for this Position: Yes

Full-Time

Shift: 1st

Relocation: Relocation assistance will be available

Virtual/Telework Opportunity: No - Not eligible for telework

Travel Requirements: Yes, 10%-25% of the time

Clearance Required: No - Clearance Not Required to Start

Salary Range: $130,000.00 to $163,000.00

The anticipated salary range represents the estimated base pay for this role. Final compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors, and may vary from the posted range

Meet HII's Newport News Shipbuilding

With more than 25,000 employees - including third-, fourth- and even fifth-generation shipbuilders - HII's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division is the largest industrial employer in Virginia. We're the sole designer, builder and refueler of U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy nuclear submarines. Our diverse and innovative team of professionals ranges from skilled trades to project managers, engineers and software developers to solution architects, technical subject matter experts, and system users. We collaborate together at the forefront of technology, manufacturing, and integration of the most powerful and survivable naval ships in the world. Want to be part of the team?

The Role

Defines the requirements to design, develop, build, and maintain the tools, processes and data architecture of a Model Based Enterprise. Analyzes capabilities of existing and proposed systems, and develops technical, structural, and organizational specifications. Leads internal and external stakeholders through determining conditions and designing fully functional and secure digital solutions. Develops long-range objectives and strategic plans for digital engineering innovations, and effectively communicates documented data and results to necessary stakeholders. Generates and presents business case analyses to executive leadership to pursue digital enterprise opportunities. Enables digital transformation efforts by conducting research, driving new technical approaches and processes, as well as developing and managing testing of functionality.

E92 Model Based Engineering (MBe) team, is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Model-Based Engineer to join our innovative team and support our efforts to revolutionize how we design, build, and sustain aircraft carriers and submarines. The primary responsibility of this team members will be to support projects in the MBe Innovation Cell (iCELL). The ideal candidate will leverage model-based systems engineering (MBSE) techniques to support the lifecycle management process to develop, test, implement innovative engineering & design solutions of complex shipbuilding projects. This individual will require a solid understanding of current engineering processes as well as an overall understanding of how ships are designed, planned, constructed, and maintained. This position includes a range of responsibilities including leading R&D-related projects, systems engineering, process & tool solution development (including TcU/NX, SAP, SIMCENTER, etc.), industry standards, project management, and support strategy development. This individual will be required to interface with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels of leadership.

This person will be supporting the SSN(X) new Submarine design, and FORD Class Carrier and focus on the use of a model based environment to develop a comprehensive framework for digital twin value assessment and analysis processes. The focus areas are to define "what" and to "what level" digital twins should be considered for NNS programs followed by the "How" to manage digital twin maturity states. They should also have basic knowledge of and a willing to learn emerging technology enablers, including model based analysis and simulation concepts, requirements management, IoT, software driven systems, and sensor feedback for component operating and behavior characteristics necessary to validate physical to virtual relationships of a digital twin.

Must Have

• 9 Years with Bachelors in Science; 7 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD.- Newport News Shipbuilding requires a Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an ABET accredited program.

Nice to Have

• Apply Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies to support design, analysis, verification, and validation of complex ship systems
• Able to lead a project and be responsible for all aspects of project management
• Familiar with product lifecycle management (PLM), data environments like IPDE or FCDE, and product modeling processes
• Develop and maintain systems models using tools such as CAMEO, MagicDraw, MATLAB/